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Ancient Boomerangs: Flying Multi-Tools For Aboriginal people in Australia the boomerang represents the enduring strength of their culture. A National Museum's of Australia a (NMA) article explains that with more than 250 different language groups there were as many boomerang-making styles across the continent. The oldest Australian boomerangs ever discovered have been dated to about 20,000 years ago and at the most essential cultural levels, boomerangs feature in Aboriginal creation mythology in which mountains, rocks and rivers were formed after ancient ancestors threw boomerangs and spea...

Jason Brailey and his family were fishing at Tanti Creek near Mornington in Victoria in late 2019 when he noticed something on the bank opposite. Speaking with NITV News, Mr Brailey said he recognised what it was immediately and knew it was a significant find. "It was like a cheesy movie, it was like it was glowing," he told NITV News. After crossing the creek, Mr Brailey picked up the boomerang, looked at it, and saw that it was pre-colonial. Later, he showed the artefact to Boon Wurrung Elder, Aunty Carolyn Briggs and eventually took it up to the Australian National University in Canberra, ...